Data demonstrating how new pathogen testing technology is surpassing the traditional culture

This free webcast will take place live on Thursday, August 3rd at 2:00 PM EDT.

Dr. Virginia Deibel, Director of Microbiology at Covance, will be presenting "Taking the Fuzzy out of Logic" which will provide an example driven guide that can serve as a template for food processors in the development and execution of Listeria monitoring programs.

The webcast will also feature Dr. Evan Chaney, Director of Customer Applications and Microbiology at Roka Bioscience who will present "Trusting the Method", highlighting recent data that supports adoption of advanced, molecular diagnostics in food safety as they surpass the traditional culture based gold standards.

About Roka Bioscience Roka Bioscience, Inc. is a molecular diagnostics company focused on developing and commercializing advanced testing solutions for the food safety testing market. Our Atlas® Detection Assays incorporate our advanced molecular technologies and are performed on our "sample-in, result out" Atlas System that automates all aspects of molecular diagnostic testing on a single, integrated platform. The Atlas System and Detection Assays are designed to provide our customers with accurate and rapid test results with reduced labor costs and improved laboratory efficiencies. For more information, visit https://www.rokabio.com.

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